The Localization of the Nicotine Synthetic Mechanism in the Tobacco Plant
- 24 October 1941
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 94 (2443) , 396-397
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.94.2443.396
Abstract
Expts. in which reciprocal grafts of Datura stramonium and Nicotiana tabacum var. Turkish were examined for their nicotine content indicate that nicotine is synthesized only in the roots of the tobacco plant; that the higher concs. of nicotine in the leaves may be due to translocation and accumulation; and that the nicotine moves from root to leaf principally through the xylem.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: